The Taming of the Shrew Page #2

Synopsis: Baptista, a rich Paduan merchant, announces that his fair young daughter, Bianca, will remain unwed until her older sister, Katharina, a hellish shrew, has wed. Lucentio, a student and the son of a wealthy Pisan merchant, has fallen in love with Bianca. He poses as a tutor of music and poetry to gain entrance to the Baptista household and to be near Bianca. Meanwhile, Petruchio, a fortune-hunting scoundrel from Verona, arrives in Padua, hoping to capture a wealthy wife. Hortensio, another suitor of Bianca, directs Petruchio's attention to Katharina. When Hortensio warns him about Katharina's scolding tongue and fiery temper, Petruchio is challenged and resolves to capture her love. Hortensio and another suitor of Bianca, Gremio, agree to cover Petruchio's costs as he pursues Katharina.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Franco Zeffirelli
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
APPROVED
Year:
1967
122 min
1,673 Views


No!

Rush, Gremio. Though it pass your patience

and mine to endure her loud alarums,

why, man, there be good fellows in the world,

if one could but light on them,

would take her with all her faults,

for the sake of her father's fortune.

I would not do it for a mine of gold.

Help Katharina to a hus...band

and we help Bianca to become a wife.

Thine or mine?

He that runs fastest gets the ring.

How say you, Signor Gremio?

- I am agreed. There must be such a man.

- Yes.

I would give the best horse in Padua

to whoever would thoroughly woo her,

wed her, bed her, and rid the house of her.

There must be such a man.

There must be such a man.

- There must be such a man.

- Out of my path!

- O, Grumio!

- Huh?

Here, sirrah Grumio, knock, I say.

Knock, sir? Whom should I knock?

Aha!

Is there any man has rebused your worship?

Villain, I say, knock me here soundly.

Knock you where, sir?

Knock me at my friend Hortensio's gate,

And rap me well, or I'll knock your knave's pate.

Ah! My master is grown quarrelsome.

I should knock you first,

And then I know after who comes by the worst.

Sirrah, will you not knock? Or I'll ring it.

- Masters! Help, masters! My master is mad.

- Ring when I tell you.

Masters!

Hortensio. Ah!

Well met, my dearest friend, Hortensio.

Petruchio!

What's the matter?

Rise, Grumio, rise.

If this be not a lawful cause

for me to leave his service, look you, sir.

He bid me knock...

Senseless villain. Signor Hortensio,

I bade this rascal knock upon my gate,

- And could not for my heart get him to do it.

- Knock at the gate? O heavens!

Spake you not the words plain,

''Knock me here...''?

Sirrah, be gone, or talk not, I advise you.

Signor Petruchio, what happy gale

Blows you to Padua here from old Verona?

You and your trusty, pleasant servant Grumio.

Signor Hortensio, thus it stands with me:

Antonio, my father, is deceas'd,

And I have... thrust myself into this maze,

Haply as best I may to... thrive and wive.

To...?

Thrive and wive.

Wive... saidst thou?

Her father is Baptista Minola,

An affable and courteous gentleman.

Her name is... Katharina Minola.

There.

Petruchio, shall I then come roundly to thee,

And wish thee to a shrewd ill-favour'd wife?

Thou'dst thank me but a little for my counsel,

And yet I promise thee she shall be rich,

And very rich.

But then, th'art too much my friend,

And I'll not wish thee to her.

O' my word, and she knew him as well as I do,

she'd think scolding would do him little good.

Signor Hortensio, 'twixt such friends as we

Few words suffice;

And therefore, if you know

One rich enough to be Petruchio's wife -

Since wealth's the burden of my wooing dance -

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Franco Zeffirelli

Franco Zeffirelli, KBE Grande Ufficiale OMRI (Italian: [ˈfraŋko dzeffiˈrɛlli]; born 12 February 1923) is an Italian director and producer of operas, films and television. He is also a former senator (1994–2001) for the Italian centre-right Forza Italia party. Some of his operatic designs and productions have become worldwide classics.He is also known for several of the movies he has directed, especially the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. His 1967 version of The Taming of the Shrew with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton remains the best-known film adaptation of that play as well. His miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977) won acclaim and is still shown on Christmas and Easter in many countries. A Grande Ufficiale OMRI of the Italian Republic since 1977, Zeffirelli also received an honorary knighthood from the British government in 2004 when he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was awarded the Premio Colosseo in 2009 by the city of Rome. more…

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